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TIL that a study published in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy found no correlation between rates of gun ownership and rates of murder and suicide while in some regions, high rates of gun ownership negatively correlated with violent crime.

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ne9Zd TIL Bobby Fischer who is considered to be the greatest chess player of all time spent the last 16 years of his life in exile after the United States put a warrant out for his arrest for violating sanctions by participating in a chess tournament held in Yugoslavia which was under a trade embargo.
9ykr TIL that there are gold plated ATMs in various countries that dispense gold bars (first ATM was located in Abu Dhabi). The machines are fitted “like an armored vehicle” and tested with explosives to prevent theft.
l7Ov1 TIL a deep-space supernova or sun-flare expelling cosmic rays and charged particles may have caused a 2003 Belgium miscounted election by bit flipping an election machine and causing a candidate to receive an extra 4096 votes
D1blY TIL that during the 50s til 70s the UK Foreign Office had a program of destroying or hiding files from its ex-colonies, as they gained independence, if they that could embarrass the UK government. This happened in over 20 countries and included documents pertaining to torture and racial biases.
R5lna TIL: Marmite, the famous yeast spread has a crazy long shelf. You could eat Marmite that was made in 1945, and it would be protected. Its flavor would have changed. However, it would, in any case, taste great.